holt handbook, ch. 5: the phrase english 7cp mr. snow
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Holt Handbook, Ch. 5: The PhraseEnglish 7CPMr. Snow
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What is a phrase?• A phrase is a group of related words that is used
as a single part of speech and that does NOT contain both a subject and a verb.
• If a group of words has both a subjectsubject and a verbverb, it is called a clause.
• A clause and a phrase are not the same thing.• A phrase can never be a complete sentence; a
clause may be.
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Prepositional phrases• Prepositional phrases include a preposition, the
object of a preposition, and modifiers of the object (if any).• under the umbrella• for ourselves• among good friends• next to them• of the United States
preposition
modifier
object of the preposition
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Prepositional phrases• I’m going to show you a painting. In your notes,
write as many sentences as you can containing prepositional phrases.• Ex: “The man is standing on the boat.”• Ex: “Blue paint is all over the walls.”• Ex: “Next to the dog are two food bowls.”
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Anonymous: Vanitas
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Participles• Participles are verb forms used as adjectives.• Present participles end in -ing.
• Mr. Sanders rescued us from the burning building.• [burn is a verb, but burning is present participle
modifying building]• Past participles usually end in -d, -ed, or -en.
• Well trained, the sailors carried out their mission.• The paper was poorly written.
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Participles• Don’t confuse a participle with part of the verb phrase.
• Discouraged, we went home. [participle]• The fans were discouraged by the loss. [verb]• Singing cheerfully, the birds perched among the tree
branches. [participle]• The birds were singing cheerfully among the tree
branches. [verb]• Hint: participles can always be removed from the
sentence without affecting readability. Verbs can’t.
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Participial phrases• Participial phrases consist of a participle together
with its modifiers and complements.• The entire phrase is used as an adjective.
• Stretching slowly, the cat jumped down.• The tornado predicted by the meteorologist did not
touch down in our area.• Reading the assignment, she took careful notes.
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Participial phrases
• I’m going to show you a photograph. This time write as many sentences as you can with participial phrases.• Ex: “Falling slowly, the airplane is about to crash.”• Ex: “The statue, carved from wood, is beautiful.”• Ex: “That skull, frightening as can be, is sitting on
the papers.”
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Jeff Wall: After “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, The Prologue (1999-2000)
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Infinitives• An infinitive is a verb form that can be used as a
noun, adjective, or adverb.• Infinitives look like this: to + a verb.
• To succeed is my goal. [used as noun]• The place to meet tomorrow is the library. [used as
adjective]• Tamara said she was born to surf. [used as adverb]
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Infinitive vs. prepositional phrase
• Don’t confuse infinitives with prepositional phrases.• To run [infinitive]
• To you [prep. phrase]
• To hike [infinitive]• To infinity and beyond! [prep. phrase]
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Infinitive phrases• Infinitive phrases consist an infinitive together with
its modifiers and complements.• The entire phrase may be used as a noun, adjective,
or adverb.• To be a good gymnast takes hard work.
• used as noun• The first man to fly over the North and South Pole
was Richard Byrd.• used as adjective
• Are you ready to go to the gym now?• used as adverb
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Appositive & appositive phrases• An appositive is a noun or pronoun placed
beside another noun or pronoun to identify or describe it.• Our teacher Mr. Snow enjoys books by Kurt
Vonnegut. [Mr. Snow identifies our teacher]• His book Slaughterhouse-Five is among Mr.
Snow’s favorite books. [Slaughterhouse-Five identifies book]
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Appositive phrases• Appositive phrases consist of an appositive and its
modifiers.• Hint: appositives can always be taken out.
• Anne, a wonderful lady, works hard all day.• Joe’s son Ethan had his birthday today.• Jackson Square, a landmark in New Orleans, has a
statue of Andrew Jackson.• Monique wanted a sweater, her green one.
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